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Trump Threatens To Shut US Border To Block Migrant Caravan

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4.67.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Trump Is Threatening To Shut The US Border With Mexico as a migrant caravan of 4,000 people is making it's way from Honduras.
Trump has demanded that Mexico and Guatemala do everything they can to stop the migrants from coming to the US. He has even threatened to suspend aid to these countries.

This could be bad news for democrats going into the Mid terms as immigration is a core issue for moderates and conservatives. If the Democrats appear weak on migration and illegal immigrants it could bolster the republicans.

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0:00.0

A Honduran migrant caravan of 4,000 people is currently on its way to the United States.

0:05.8

The Mexican government is dispatching federal agents to its southern border to prevent them

0:09.8

from crossing into Mexico.

0:11.5

Donald Trump has threatened to suspend aid to Mexico and Guatemala if they don't stop

0:16.1

this caravan.

0:17.1

He has even suggested shutting down the southern border and dispatching the army to prevent

0:21.4

these people from getting into the U.S. all the while.

0:24.2

There has been a spike in illegal border crossings.

0:26.6

In the Washington Post reports that we are seeing record levels of families and children

0:30.9

traveling on their own.

0:32.7

This could be bad news for the Democrats.

0:35.2

Immigration is a core issue for conservatives and the midterms are about 20 days away.

0:40.8

This is likely going to rile up conservatives and a group we call the politically disengaged

0:45.2

who also find immigration at their core values.

0:48.5

When we're talking about moderates, this is something that might actually get them

0:52.3

to vote for conservatives if the Democrats aren't going to be strong on immigration.

0:57.0

Now, aside from the issue of the migrant caravan, we've also got a viral video being pushed

1:01.4

by some Republicans showing men handing out cash to what they claim are Honduran migrants

1:06.9

heading into the U.S.

1:07.9

So we're going to do a bit of fact checking.

1:10.0

But first, let's take a look at what's going on with this migrant caravan and what Donald

1:13.2

Trump has to say about it.

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